Food & Agriculture
Rising Moon Organics Goes Waste Free At OCF
Jake, 27-06-2008 - 11:59
Rising Moon Organics (RMO) has served the finest ravioli and desserts at the Oregon Country Fair (OCF) since 1992. RMO was formerly one of many food booths producing mountains of trash over the 3 day festival, but changed their approach in 1993 to pursue a trash-free mission.
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Bio-Jet Fuel
Andria Mitchell, 15-05-2008 - 19:40
Airbus and Honeywell plan to create bio-jet fuel
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Active Auroral Surveillance
Bill Gallagher Hachita NM, 15-05-2008 - 17:05
New Online Book and Interview.
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Presidential Candidates Get Specific on Trade
Arthur Stamoulis / Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, 14-05-2008 - 09:11
National polling results released May 1 by the Pew Research Center found, "There is now broad agreement that free trade negatively affects wages, jobs and economic growth in America. By greater than six-to-one, the public says free trade agreements result in job losses rather than in new jobs." More so, a greater majority of independent voters had a negative view of the impact of free trade than registered Democrats.
Southern Oregonians are active in the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign (ORFTC) and citizens in the State of Jefferson (Northern California, too!) stand in unity with the FAIR TRADE WORK being done by ORFTC. Check out the newest report...
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Year 1870: Mothers Day Proclamation
Anna Howe, 04-05-2008 - 17:29
A copy of the Original Mothers Day Proclamation
by Julia Ward Howe -
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MAYDAY! March for Immigrant Rights and Fight Wal*Mart!
S O U T H E R N * O R E G O N * J O B S * W I T H * J U S T I C E, 29-04-2008 - 21:36
Join us on May Day at 4 pm at Alba Park for a march and rally in downtown Medford, Oregon to support our immigrants.
"May 1 march for immigrants rights"
http://www.rogueimc.org/en/2008/04/11838.shtml
And at 7 pm also on May Day! (is this orwellian or what?) we see the Wall*Mart fight come back to the City of Medford from Oregon's LUBA. Join us for a strong delegation that demands a traffic study and whatever it takes to keep this mega anti-worker employer the hell out of Southern Oregon. WALL*MART will NOT gain more roots here! ! ! !
"May Day! May Day! Wal-Mart is back!"
http://www.rogueimc.org/en/2008/04/11876.shtml
Wal-Mart is back! Public hearing this Thursday May 1st at Medford City Council 7 pm
What are you doing on May Day? Think of a way, even if you can't skip out from work to help us do the suggestions above, find your own way to do something positive! May Day! May Day! May Day! is a universal warning. Stand Up and join us now!
In solidarity,
Wes Brain, Chair
Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice
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Food Prices and Commodity Speculation
Michael Niemann, 15-04-2008 - 16:02
The wheat flour I use to bake bread has increased by thirty-eight percent in just one months. What happened? In addition to all the other factors, the increased number of speculators in commodity markets are driving prices up.
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Petition to End Sweatshops and Slavery
mega, 07-04-2008 - 14:31
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) - an organization of low-wage workers based in Immokalee, Florida - has launched a national petition campaign to demand that Burger King and other food industry leaders work with the CIW to improve the wages & working conditions of the workers who pick their tomatoes, and join with the CIW in an industry-wide effort to eliminate modern-day slavery & human rights abuses from Florida's fields.
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FREE TRADE FORUM in Medford 3-29-08
Oregon Fair Trade Campaign & Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice, 28-03-2008 - 09:06
Don't Miss Event: Southern Oregon Assembly on Free Trade and Job Loss
Join displaced workers from Roseburg, Grants Pass, Medford and elsewhere to discuss the negative impacts that free trade agreements like NAFTA are having on southern Oregon communities -- and what we can do together to finally put an end to destructive trade policies once-and-for-all.
When: Saturday, March 29 2:00 pm
Where: Medford County Library, 205 South Central, Medford
Continue Below for recent "fair trade interviews" on the Brain Labor Report radio show
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Water: Report on League Meeting
Pure Public Water for All, 20-03-2008 - 13:10
I missed this meeting due to work, but just got a report back. At the meeting, a question was asked about water privatization. The League Response was that the topic could not be discussed at the meeting because the topic was too controversial. Apparently those were the ground rules............
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Seeds of Sustainability Spring Faire Tomorrow
SeedShare, 14-03-2008 - 20:08
Seeds of Sustainability Spring Faire
Saturday March 15th, 11am - 6pm
Free Admission At Pioneer Hall, across from Lithia Park. Launch
Celebration for The Ashland Wellness Guide’s Neighborhood Garden
Project Faire hosted by The Ashland Wellness Guide
http://www.ashlandwellnessguide.com
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Taking GE Foods off Store Shelves
Liisa, 11-03-2008 - 19:35
Believing that genetically engineered foods are untested for
health effects on humans, the Ashland Food Co-op has launched a
program to get all such products off its shelves this year - and other
area markets, including Shop N Kart and Food For Less, say they are
steadily increasing offerings of GM-free food.
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